Lesson 2

Question 1

Selective

Answer 1

Pupils are chosen, usually for academic reasons, for entry, though, in the case of some private schools, parents’ ability to pay school fees may be a factor in selection

Question 2

Comprehensive

Answer 2

Everyone enters without exams and education is free, paid for by the government

Question 3

Schooling

Answer 3

Education received at school

Question 4

Elitism

Answer 4

When you favor a small, privileged group

Question 5

Inherent in

Answer 5

Existing as a basic part of something

Question 6

Perpetuate

Answer 6

Make something continue for ever

Question 7

Two-tier system

Answer 7

A system with two separate levels, one of which is better than the other

Question 8

Perceive

Answer 8

See, consider

Question 9

Better-off

Answer 9

Richer

Question 10

Well-endowed

Answer 10

Receiving a lot of money in grants, gifts from rich people, etc

Question 11

Depressing

Answer 11

Reducing

Question 12

Less well-off

Answer 12

Poorer

Question 13

Excel

Answer 13

Achieve an excellent standard

Question 14

Scholarship

Answer 14

Money given to pay for studies, usually provided on the basis of academic merit

Question 15

Bursary

Answer 15

Money given to pay for studies, usually provided on the basis of need

Question 16

Tertiary

Answer 16

Education at university or college level

Question 17

Student loan

Answer 17

Money that students can borrow from a bank while studying and then pay back once they are in work

Question 18

Undergraduate

Answer 18

Student doing a first degree

Question 19

Tuition fees

Answer 19

Money paid to receive teaching

Question 20

The three Rs

Answer 20

Reading, writing and arithmetic

Question 21

Literacy

Answer 21

The ability to read

Question 22

Numeracy

Answer 22

The ability to count

Question 23

Curriculum reform

Answer 23

Changes to what is covered in the national syllabus

Question 24

Lifelong/continuing education

Answer 24

Education for all ages

Question 25

Mature students

Answer 25

Adult students older than the average student

Question 26

Special needs education

Answer 26

Education for children who cannot learn in the normal way, because they have some disability

Question 27

One-to-one

Answer 27

One teacher and one pupil, not a group

Question 28

Bullying

Answer 28

Threatening behavior

Question 29

Guidelines

Answer 29

Advice on how something should be done

Question 30

Distraction

Answer 30

Takes attention away

Question 31

Equality of opportunity

Answer 31

When everyone has the same chances